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UPgrading

hack99
By hack99 ยท 5 replies
Aug 1, 2006
  1. hay just wondering what i should upgrade in my comp, i am a gamer
    CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2083 MHz (12.5 x 167) 2800+
    Motherboard Name Asus A7N8X-LA (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394)-(nforce 2 mobo)
    Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 IGP
    512 ddr-ram
    NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (128)
    ################im looking to upgrade with this #############
    Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939, nForce3, S939, DDR400, SATA, RAID, LAN, AGP8X, ATX
    $113.35
    AMD Athlon64 3800+ (2.4Ghz), AM2, 512KB, 2000HT, 90nm - Retail
    $190.40

    The contents of your wishlist total $303.75
    Is this a good upgrade?
     
    Aug 1, 2006
    #1
  2. IH8PunkRok

    IH8PunkRok TS Rookie Posts: 114

    ok ur motherboard needs to have pci express. agp 8x just cant compete.

    your processor looks good and u might want to go with a gig to 2 gig of memory

    Rok
     
    Aug 1, 2006
    #2
  3. IH8PunkRok

    IH8PunkRok TS Rookie Posts: 114

    also u need a good graphix card
    7800gt is pretty good
     
    Aug 1, 2006
    #3
  4. kitty500cat

    kitty500cat TS Evangelist Posts: 2,154   +6

    You might try a Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI if you think you might SLI sometime. If you don't think so, an ASUS A8N5X might work for you. There is only a little price gap, though, so you might try the Gigabyte. Then if you get a 7800GT like IH8PunkRok said or an even better card, you could SLI in the future or now.
    Hoping to help.
     
    Aug 1, 2006
    #4
  5. hack99

    hack99 TS Rookie Topic Starter

    i only have $300 spending power as im still at school,
    im going agp because its what my card is at the moment
     
    Aug 1, 2006
    #5
  6. mailpup

    mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,096   +418

    You will have to pick another processor. You chose one with socket AM2, the newest from AMD. Your motherboard choice supports socket 939. Maybe like this instead?
     
    Aug 1, 2006
    #6
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